Surly releases first-look renderings of destination brewery

A rendering of the entrance of Surly Brewing Co.'s new destination brewery. (Courtesy HGA Architects)

Surly Brewing Co. has released the first architectural drawings of the $20 million destination brewery it intends to build near University Avenue on the border between Minneapolis and St. Paul.

The drawings are from HGA Architects. In April, Surly announced it has purchase 8.3 acres at Malcolm Avenue and 5th Street SE, with plans for a brewery capable of producing 100,000 barrels a year, plus a bar, a restaurant, an events center and a beer garden.

Plans currently call for environmental site cleanup to begin this fall, construction to begin late in 2013, and the project to be completed by the end of 2014.